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Welcome back to “The Blitz Package,” your weekly destination for notable news, nuggets and intriguing Chicago Bears storylines. This week’s topic: the important statistical developments to keep an eye on during the season’s otherwise depressing home stretch. Three games remain. Three mostly meaningful, potentially demoralizing, no-chance-of-being-canceled games. So the Bears will press on with their disappointing season, hosting the Saints on Monday night, following with a home game against the Lions on Dec. 21 and closing the season in Minneapolis against the Vikings. Outdoors. On Dec. 28. In a showcase of two teams without playoff hopes. Let’s just...

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Welcome back to “The Blitz Package,” your weekly destination for notable news, nuggets and intriguing Chicago Bears storylines. This week’s topic: the important statistical developments to keep an eye on during the season’s otherwise depressing home...

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